Aczel, Amir D.,  1950- <br/><br/>
Uranium wars :  the scientific rivalry that created the nuclear age / 
Amir D. Aczel. 
 - New York :  Palgrave Macmillan,  2009. 
 - 248 p.:  ill., photg., 24cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p.[237]-239) and index 
<br/><br/>Physics and Uranium-- On the trail of the nucleus-- Lise Meitner-- The Meitner-Hahn Discovery-- Enrico Fermi-- The Rome experiments-- The events of 1938-- Christmas 1938-- The Heisenberg Menace-- Chain reaction-- The nazi nuclear machine-- Copenhagen-- The moment of truth-- Building the bomb-- The decision to use the bomb-- Evidence from a Spying operation-- The Cold War-- Uranium's future. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780230613744 (hbk.) 0230613748 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA964339  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015301842  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nuclear physics--Research--History--20th century.<br/>Nuclear weapons--Research--History--20th century.<br/>Nuclear energy--Research--History--20th century<br/>Science and state--History--20th century.<br/>Uranium as fuel--History--20th century.<br/>Uranio--Historia.<br/>Armas nucleares--Investigación--Historia.<br/>Energía nuclear--Investigación--Historia.<br/>Física nuclear--Investigación--Historia.<br/>Uranio como combustible--Historia.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC 773  / A189u 2009